Abstract:Different soil types figure the heterogeneities of soil landscape patterns. However, land use practices that exert on different soil types reconstruct original soil landscape patterns. The objective of this study is to identify the landscape characteristics of pedodiversity in karst area of Chongqing, China, using landscape indicators. The results indicated that the diversities of soil landscape and its spatial heterogeneities were very lower in karst area of Chongqing. The distributions of every soil landscape were not average. The mosaic patch of soil landscape presented complex geological shape. Yellow soil, limestone soil and yellow brown earth were primary soil types in karst area of Chongqing. There were mainly woodland and grassland landscape in mountain meadow soil, and woodland landscape in brown earth. The rest soil types possessed mostly cropland and woodland landscape. Cropland and woodland played more important role in the structure and function of spatial landscape patterns in karst area of Chongqing. Nevertheless, the ratio of cropland and woodland to each soil types occurred pronounced differences due to soil properties and soil distributions, respectively. Human activities induced the rapid increase of mosaic patch of cropland, and the augment of mosaic patch of residential and mining land, woodland, unused land as well. This study would supply information for land use decision-making, and deepen the understanding of pedodiversity in karst area.